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The website was first registered in 1996, and was first hosted by a person "Soylent", he made a program that can easily identify unregistered internet domain names, only consisting of one word on a dictionary entry, after searching, he found a word ''Rotten'' was one of the unclaimed words on the domain, so he later went on to register with ''Rotten.com'', this is where it starts off, Rotten.com has based itself as an online free speech, in a time, when censorship rules had begun to restrict internet access from many people.
The website was first registered in 1996, and was first hosted by a person "Soylent", he made a program that can easily identify unregistered internet domain names, only consisting of one word on a dictionary entry, after searching, he found a word ''Rotten'' was one of the unclaimed words on the domain, so he later went on to register with ''Rotten.com'', this is where it starts off, Rotten.com has based itself as an online free speech, in a time, when censorship rules had begun to restrict internet access from many people.


The site receives a lot of popularity, resulting in a lot of huge spikes for a couple of months, due to the post of medical personnel recovering Princess Diana's body from a car accident, after a while, the picture was revealed to be fake, The website was also one of the first websites to publish images of the September 11th jumpers from the Twin Towers, under the title 'Swan Dive'.
The site receives a lot of popularity, resulting in a lot of huge spikes for a couple of months, due to the post of medical personnel recovering Princess Diana's body from a car accident<ref>web.archive.org/web/20050516235424/rotten.com/about/press.html - a picture of Princess Diana</ref>, after a while, the picture was revealed to be fake, The website was also one of the first websites to publish images of the September 11th jumpers from the Twin Towers, under the title 'Swan Dive'.


They are also known for the images used from the infamous article of [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]] known as [[Offended]] and [[The Pain Series]], which is a montage of vulgar content including medical photographs, animal cruelty, gruesome and surrealistically abhorrent images, and pornographic artworks.
They are also known for the images used from the infamous article of [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]] known as [[Offended]] and [[The Pain Series]], which is a montage of vulgar content including medical photographs, animal cruelty, gruesome and surrealistically abhorrent images, and pornographic artworks.
===Images===
 
'''Motorcycle.jpg''' is a very gruesome picture that was particularly used on every gore sites, including [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]], and more, the owner got received tons of email after this, for being the most disconcerting things people have ever seen, on his "Frequently Asked Questions" page, thw owner answers this question, and describes the whole content of the shocking image, the owner asks that it was more likely to be attempted shotgun suicide, the man surprisingly lived after finish recovering, the attorney wrote a message that the owner demanding to take the picture down, but it was unable to provide enough details for us to comply with his request.
=='''Frequently Asked Questions'''==
*'' Motorcycle.jpg ''<ref>web.archive.org/web/20050110102438im/rotten.com/FAQ/motorcycle-th.jpg - A Motorcycle.jpg image shown in the question.</ref> is a very gruesome picture that was particularly used on every gore sites, including [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]], and more, the owner got received tons of email after this, for being the most disconcerting things people have ever seen, on his "Frequently Asked Questions" page<ref>web.archive.org/web/20050516235424/rotten.com/FAQ/ - Frequently Asked Questions page, and contains the gruesome image.</ref>, the owner answers this question, and describes the whole content of the shocking image, the owner asks that it was more likely to be attempted shotgun suicide, the man surprisingly lived after finish recovering, the attorney wrote a message that the owner demanding to take the picture down, but it was unable to provide enough details for us to comply with his request.
 
They also have merchandise, mentioned on the FAQ page.{{Cite}}
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== Link ==
== Link ==
*'''Wikipedia''': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten.com  
*'''Wikipedia''': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten.com